Spiders are great as bug catchers, not sure I'd ever want to deter them.
I tend to pick them up simply because they look so lovely and shiny. That's the conkers not the spiders 😁
She'd woken up with cobwebs on her face!
Our youngest cat is about 19 months old and is still honing her hunting skills.Any spiders in this house usually end up dead - four house cats see them as toys.